A biography for Harry Brownehasn’t been written yet.
“You don't need an explanation for everything, Recognize that there are such things as miracles - events for which there are no ready explanations. Later knowledge may explain those events quite easily.”
“While most people in TV, radio, and the press have treated me wonderfully, some of the most important people want to pretend I don't exist.”
“A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, and the judge enforces the proper courtroom procedures - a trial in which every assumption can be challenged.”
“Each person is living for himself; his own happiness is all he can ever personally feel.”
“Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.”
“Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his act are right, he'll get good consequences; if they're not, he'll suffer for it.”
“Government is force, pure and simple. There's no way to sugar-coat that. And because government is force, it will attract the worst elements of society - people who want to use government to avoid having to earn their living and to avoid having to persuade others to accept their ideas voluntarily.”
“A free and prosperous society has no fear of anyone entering it. But a welfare state is scared to death of every poor person who tries to get in and every rich person who tries to get out.”
“You owe it to yourself to be the best person possible. Because if you are, others will want to be with you, want to provide you with the things you want in exchange for what you're giving to them.”
“A Libertarian society of unfettered individualism spreads its benefits to virtually everyone - not just those who have the resources to seize political power.”
“The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative.”
“Freedom and responsibility aren't interconnected things. They are the same thing.”
“Like many people, most Libertarians feel empathy and sympathy for less fortunate people. But they know you can't have perfection in a world of limited resources.”
“Security... it's simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that you're willing to deal with whatever happens.”
“It has long been apparent that many people in the media don't believe you're competent to make your own decisions.”
“I found that I was getting a warm reception for my message of freeing you from the income tax, releasing you from Social Security, ending the insane war on drugs, restoring gun rights, and reducing the federal government to just its constitutional functions.”
“World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.”
“But, actually, it is only Americans who say that our freedoms and prosperity are the reason foreigners hate us. If you ask the foreigners, they make it clear that it's America's bullying foreign policy they detest.”
“The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English.”
“Some people object to libertarian ideas because there are too many irresponsible people in the world - people who will cause trouble if the government doesn't restrain them.”